Grub help needed

[Ralph DeWitt]

On Wednesday 17 December 2008 18:06:58 Willy K. Hamra wrote:
> Ralph DeWitt wrote:
> > Hi all:
> > I have just done a dual boot install of Kubuntu 8.10 on a Compaq
> > Presisario (sp). The install went without problem. The problem is that it
> > will not boot into Windows. I went thru a trouble shooting guide and it
> > still will not boot into windows. Can someone help? Thanks
>
> can you please post the contents of ur /boot/grub/menu.lst file?
> not all the file, mind you, just the last parts of it, the automagic
> kernel list, and what comes after it.
Willy:
here is the portion of the file you requested.

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
uuid		b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-e9909366c9ea
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-
e9909366c9ea ro quiet splash 
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic (recovery mode)
uuid		b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-e9909366c9ea
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-
e9909366c9ea ro  single

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid		b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-e9909366c9ea
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-
e9909366c9ea ro quiet splash 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid		b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-e9909366c9ea
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-
e9909366c9ea ro  single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title		Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid		b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-e9909366c9ea
kernel		/boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title		Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title		Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root		(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1


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